The CRI guidance does not really focus on whether or not to make ransomware payments, instead stressing that victims should make early contact with law enforcement (regardless of their ultimate decision) and that they have many options to explore.
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Scott Ikeda is a technology futurist and writer for more than 15 years. He travels extensively throughout Asia and writes about the impact of technology on the communities he visits. Over the last 5 years, Scott has grown increasingly focused on the future landscape of big data, surveillance, cybersecurity and the right to privacy.
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Headed up by Meta, a collection of the biggest names in tech and AI research has sent a letter to the European Union warning that EU decisions on regulating AI training threaten to hold the region back.
The first tranche of privacy reforms introduced to Parliament provides the OAIC with new penalties for data violators and a new privacy code for children, along with the addition of a new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy.
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